Centrifugal clothes-wringer.



A P. F. BUBB.

CENTRIFUGAL'CLOTHES WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED Ausw, |914.

1,1%@291 l v Patented July 6, 1915 *,ri'g. i, is y line 1V1V of Fig. 1 but omitting the shaft To all whomt .nay concern: y

farsa nanas, or LEAVENWORTH,' Kansas.

CENTRIFUGAL CLOTHES-WRINGER.

, Be it known that l, PETER F. BUBB, a citizen of the United States, residing'at Leavenworth, in the county of Leavenworth and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful lmprovementsin Centrifugal Cl tliesll7iingers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to centrifugal clothes wringers and my Objectis to produce a wringer which will efficiently and expeditiously wring out any kind of fabric without injury thereto.

lVith this general object in view the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and organization as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may be fully lunderstood reference is to be ha'l to the accompanying drawing, in which# Figure 1, is a View mainly in centrall vertical section of a wringer embodying my invention. Fig. 2,- is a horizontal, section of the same on the line-ll-H of Fig. 1. Fig. 3,!is a. fragmentary elevation of the wrmger as viewed from the handle side thereof. a vertical section takeny on the and the ball-bearings.

In( the said drawing, 1 indicates a substantially U-shaped frame arranged with the bridge portion thereof vertical so that vthe arms thereof shall lie one above the other andv extending downward from the lower arm is a pair of legs 2, adapted to be fastened 1n any suitable manner to a stand or i extension 25 and 1s stlffened at its upper v supportnot shown. Journaled in the vertical portion of the frame isa shaft 3, provided outward of the frame with a. crank handle l,

and inward of the frame with a bevel gear f wheel 5, meshing with the horizontallyarranged bevel pinion 6 secured rigidly upon a vertical shaft?, extending through the arms of the frame. The shaft where it extends through the frame is threaded as at 8 and secured on each of said threaded portions is a pair of nut members 9 of aj ball bearing, the nutv members being seated on balls 10itted in cup members 11 rigidly secured in vthe arms of the frame in any suitable manner. As shown the arms of the frame are provided with stepped recesses 12 (shown most clearly by dotted lines in Fig. 2l and tting in said recesses and secured rigidly to the arms by cap screws 13 are bearing caps 14, which conjointly with the Specication of Letters Patent.`

Patented July c, 1915.

l Application led August 31, 1914. Serial No. 859,386.

arms proper of said fra-me form the openingl through which the shaft 7 extends and which also serve to clamp the cup members of the ball bearings rigidly in place, it being seen by reference to Fig. el, that the arms of the frame and the bearing caps arel recessed at 15 and 16 respectively, tobrovide chambers for the reception of said cups.

To prevent accidental unscrewing of theA nut members, lock nuts 17 are mounted on the threaded portions ofthe shaft. It will be `seen that the nut members and ballsfwill rotate on the cup members when the shaft- -or otherwise suitably secured to the upper end of the frame, and rigidly secured m said collar is an inverted shell 21, the same being truncated at its lower end and provided with a bottom 22, tting loosely around the shaft above the uppermost nut member 9, said bottom .having an upstandingcircular wall 23 fitting loosely around the shaft to form a collecting chamber for water which escapes from said chamber by means of the drain faucet 24:, this faucet being open when the wringer is in operation so that the water shall drain from the shell and thereby be .prevented from overlowing the wall v23 and running down onto the ball lbearings immediately below:` The shell" is provided at its upper end with a cylindrical flange 26.

Arranged within the shell is an inverted truncated conical basket 27 provided with an imperforate bottom in the form of a disk 28 which is secured firmly as at 29.,.upon the upper end ofthe shaft 8 just above the collecting chamber of the shell, the said' disk bottom being formed marginally with a U- shaped seam 30 wherein is firmly secured the lower edge of the foraminous portion of the basket. y

The foraminous basketis of large capacity being almost the` same dimension as the shell and' at its upper end lit is provided outwardly at its upper end as at 32 into the lwith a. cylindrical portion 31 which flares channel of the annular llange 26 ofl the shell, the latter thus serving as a guard.

through the instrumentality of the crankhandle si, this action of the basket vwhirling the fabrics around with great rapidity and through centrifugal force effecting the outward discharge ofthe water from the fabrics through the foraminous basket and against the shell', the water falling down upon the walls of the latter and into the collecting chamber 'caping thence through the faucet Qfl, the operation of the handle continuing until the fabrics are as dry as though they had been run between the ordinary rubber roller \\'ringer, it being obvious that the position of the fabrics within the basket can be changed one or more times before the wringing operation is vcompleted if it is thought that the wringing operation can be facilitated by changing the position of the fabrics in the foraminous to be understood that the wringing can he elhciently and expedi-A basket, though it is tiously performed without shifting the plosi- "tion of the fabrics.

llt will be apparent that the machine may he motor driven if desired and that it will be safe for the attf lant to reach into the basket for removii a fabric or changing its position or for placing additional fabrics in the basket while the latter is in operation, as the channeled flange 26 of the shell guards against the operator accidentally coming in contact with the upper edge of the basket.

From the above description it will be apparent that `l have produced a centrifugal wringer embodying-the features of advantage enumerated as desirable, and which obviously may be modified in minor particulars without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

l claim e* 1. A centrifugal clothes wringer, compris deposited in the forami-y at the bottomthereof and' ing a supporting frame, aY vertical shaft eX tending through and journaled in said frame, a shell itting loosely around sai shaft and provided with an upstanding wall around the shaft, means rigid with said frame for supporting said shell, a foraminous basket located within the shell and securedV ri to the upper end of said shaft, andi/thea 1 for imparting rapid rotation to said shaft for the purpose ot wringing fab r1cs'w1thin the basket by expelling the water therefrom through centrifugal force.

2. A centrifugal clothes wringer, comprising an inverted truncated shell, provided at its upper end with an outwardly bowed circular bead to provide an internal channel, a shaft extending into the shell centrally of the bottom thereof, means for holding the shell stationary, an inverted truncated conical basket arranged within the shell and rigidly secured at its lowerend to said shaft and flared at its upper margin outwardly into the channel of said bead.y and meansfor imparting rotation to said shaft.

8. il centrifugal clothes wringer, comprising a supporting frame, a vertical shaft extending through and journaled in said frame, a collar supported from and above said frame, an inverted conical truncated shell resting in and secured to vsaid collar and `fitting around the upper end of said shaft, and Iprovided at its upper end with a cylindrical extension having an outwardly bowed bead at its upper margin; said shell also having a wall projecting upwardfrom its bottom around said shaft and a drain faucet below the plane of the upper edge of said wall, and a basket within the shell comprising a bottom secured uponthe Iupper end of said shaft, an inverted truncated conical foralninous body. secured at its lower edge to saidbottom and a cylindrical extension at the upper end of said body, flared at its upper edge and fitting withinthe intel'- nal channel produced bowed bead of the extension of the shell.

ln testimony whereof, l alliX my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

Fi'lllR l". BURP.

llfitnesses n HAnoLn C. Snom', Jr., Luo R. KmsiNs-m.

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